Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-13
A BEAUTIFUL SPEECH
BY EDITOR HENRY w. GRADY
Delivered in New York City, on Fore
fathers Day.
The New South and the Colorcd Man.
A Glowing Tribute to EX-President
Abraham Lincoln.
Graphic Picture of the Return of the
Confederate to His Ruined Home
at the Close of the War.
BY EDITOR HENRY w. GRADY
The New South and the Colorcd MAJ
from the New York Tribune!

From the New York Tribune.l
At the eighty-first annual dinner of
the New England Society, given at
DelmOnico's, in New York City, after
a speech by Rev. Mr.. Talmage, the
Chairman said that he would introduce
representative from the New South,
and said: "Let us let him feel how
welcome he is among u.s." He pre-
sented H. w. Grady, of Atlanta, to
speak to the toast, "The New South"
Three ringing cheers were given for
Mr.. Grady and the South, and Mr..
Grady said:
"There was South of secession and
slavery-that South is dead. There is
a South of Union and freedom-that
South is living, breathing, growing
every hour" These words, delivered
from the lips of Benjamin H. Hill, in
Tammany Hall in 1866, make my text
for tonight.
MR.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN:
Let me express to you my appreciation
of the kindness by which / am permit
ted to address you. I make this abrupt
acknowledgment advisedly, for felt
that If, when ] raised my provincial
voice in this ancient and august pres
ence, could find courage for no more
than the opening sentence, it would be
well if, in that sentence, l had met in q
rough sense my obligation as q guest
and had perished, so to speak, with
courtesy on my lips and grace in my
heart. Laughter. Permitted through
your kindness to catch my second wind,
let me say that l appreciate the signifi-
cance of being the first Southerner to
speak at this board, which bears the
substance, if it surpass the semblance,
Of original New England hospitality
lapplause] and honors q sentiment
that in turn honors you but in which
my personality is lost, and the compli-
ment to my people made plain
Laughter.
bespeak the utmost stretch of YOUR
coutesy tonight. I am somewhat in
different to those from whom come.
You remember the man whose wife
sent him to a neighbor with a pitcher
OF milk, and who, tripping on the top
step, fell. with such casual Interrupt
tions as the landing affording into the
basement, and, while picking himself
up, had the pleasure of hearing his wife
call out: John, did you break the
pitcher"
mo, didn't" said John, "but 1 be
DANCED If I don't" Loud laughter,
30 while those who call to me from
behind may inspire me with energy,
If not with courage, ask an indulgent
hearing from you. l beg that you will
bring your full faith in American fair
ness and frankness to a judgment upon
what | shall say. There was an old
preacher once who told some bows of
the Bible lesson he was to read in the
morning. The boys finding the place,
glued together the connecting pages
Laughter The next morning he
read at the bottom ofone page: "When
Noah was one hundred and twenty
years old ne took unto himself wife,
who was"-then turning the page
"l4O cubits long, laughter forty cubits
VIDE, built of gopher wood Tlaughter1
and covered with pitch inside and out.d
Loud and continued laughter. He
was naturally puzzled at this. He
read 1t again, verified itand said: INV
friends, this is the first time ever met
this in the Bible, but accept it as evil
dence of the assertion that we are fear
fully and wonderfully made,u TIm-
mense laughter i'll could get Won to
hold such faith tonight I could pro-
ceed cheerfully to the task I otherwise
approach with sense of conservation.
PURITAN AND CAVALIER HERE TO-
GETHER.
Pardon me one word, Mr.. President,
spoken for the purpose of getting into
the volumes that go out annually
freighted with the eloquence of your
speakers-the fact that the Cavalier as
well as the Puritan was on this CONT
nent in its early days, and that he was
up and able TO be about" Laughter.
have read your books carefully, and
L find no mention of that fact, which
seems to me important for preserving
sort of historical equilibrium.
With the Cavalier once established
as fact in your charming little books
L shall let him work out his own SAL
walton, as he has always done with en-
gaglng gallantry, and we will hold no
controversy as to his merits. Why
should we? Neither Puritan nor Cav
aiier long survived as such. The vir-
tues and traditions of both happily
still live for the inspiration of their
sons and the saving of the old FASH
ion. Applause.] But both Puritan
and Cavalier were lost in the storm of
their first revolution, and the Ameri-
can citizen, supplanting both and
stronger than either, took possession
of the Republic bought by their COM
mon blood and fashioned in wisdom,
and charged himself with teaching
men free government and establishing
the voice Of the people as the voice of
God. Appiause.l Great types like
valuable plants are slow to flower and